josser

noun3

1. •
   An outsider working in a circus.

   • Becoming a josser – an outsider who joins the circus – is probably one of the few dreams almost everyone has had. — 1999
2. •
   (UK, informal) A man, especially one who seems foolish or simpleminded.

   • As I neither answered nor raised my eyes Mahony exclaimed again: 'I say . . . He's a queer old josser!' — 1904
3. •
   (Australia, informal) A clergyman.